by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Friday night’s scrimmage at the Virginia Beach Sportsplex between Ocean Lakes, Heritage, Bethel, and Dinwiddie gave us few obvious signals of what’s to come this fall. All four teams look like they’ll be good, but how good? It’s hard to tell exactly. Who shined? First of all, Jaason Lewis and Levonta…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 This is the closest thing to a preseason heavyweight bout that you’ll get. Salem, last year’s Group 5A semifinalist, matched up against Oscar Smith, last year’s Group 6A finalist in a scrimmage that didn’t determine much more than bragging rights. Fans certainly turned out to watch. Both teams looked a little…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 He’s coming into his senior year, and Derek Wilder, son of ODU Football head coach Bobby Wilder, has decided to make his college commitment. After his Maury team scrimmaged Tallwood High School on Thursday night, Derek announced that he would attend Old Dominion University. “Originally, I planned to wait until the…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 A little youth causes no concern at Churchland. Last year’s team had a remarkable 8-2 season cut short with a first round playoff loss to Hanover. Several key players are missing from that team. Coach Alonzo Ricks isn’t predicting a deep playoff run with a younger squad, but he’s confident that…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 What do you do when your demanding schedule puts you in competition with teams two levels up like Grassfield, Western Branch, and Oscar Smith? You reload, of course. King’s Fork had a phenomenal year in 2013, breaking through a number of barriers, including an upset of Phoebus, to reach the 4A…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 We haven’t released our season previews for either team yet, so it’s appropriate that we got a look at both teams tonight. Kempsville visited Booker T. Washington in a battle of two teams that will not see each other at any other point this year. We observed the first half. The…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 Check out the photo provided by the Great Bridge Football Booster Club and you’ll see that the Wildcats have a great new locker room. There’s a story behind it. Colon L. Hall Stadium is getting up in years. Traditionalists in Great Bridge don’t want to tear it down. On top…
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John Harvey takes us to “the wilds” of New Kent County in this preview of the northernmost team in our 757 coverage. New Kent is one of the lone 804 teams playing a schedule full of teams from The 757. The Trojans competed in the Bay Rivers District before the districts were folded. Now they…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 If Virginia Tech plays Beamer Ball, does Norview play Cotton Ball? Coach Dealton Cotton is in his second year of heading the Norview Football Program, and it’s really taking shape. The Pilots had foundered in 2012, just a year after a winning season under Coach Greg Gibson in 2011. For the…
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by Andy Hilton, recruit757 A 3-7 campaign in 2013 was way off the mark at Landstown. Before you think the program is down, take a look at Landstown’s roster. 2013 was a year of youth developing. 2014 may be a year of youth coming to fruition. Tommy Reamon has managed the program well. The talent…
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